Giuseppe
Emeritus
Avian influenza ? situation in Cambodia - update 5 (WHO, August 2 2011, edited)
[Source: World Health Organization, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
[See also:
Cambodia - Confirmed Human H5N1 Cases, (including links to source data)
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145160
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cambodia (OIE, August 1 2011): 1: New H5N1 Poultry Outbreak, Banteay Meanchey
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171458
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171326
Cambodia, One A(H5N1) Avian Influenza Virus Human Isolate in Week 23/2011 (WHO/FluNet)
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169364
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[Source: World Health Organization, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Avian influenza ? situation in Cambodia - update 5
2 August 2011 -The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
The case was a 4 year old female from Chork Reaksmey Village, Rohath Teuk Comune, Mongkul Borei District, Banteay Meanchey Province. She developed symptoms on 11 July, was initially treated by local private practitioners with no effect and was later admitted to Jayavarma VII Hospital on 18 July. She died on 20 July, two days after admission.
There have been reports of poultry die off in her village and the case is reported to have had exposure to dead poultry. The female is the seventeenth person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus and the fifteenth to die from complications of the disease. All seven cases of H5N1 infections in humans in Cambodia this year have been fatal.
The National and local Rapid Response Team (RRT) is conducting outbreak investigation and response following the national protocol.
There is no evidence of increased ILI activity in the local health centre or any increase in number of SARI cases from the affected village.
Thirteen contacts were tested for A/H5N1 influenza, all of whom were negative.
There is enhanced surveillance for ILI and SARI in the local health centre and hospital for a further two weeks.
Health education messages are ongoing in the community.
- 2 August 2011 -The Ministry of Health (MoH) of the Kingdom of Cambodia has announced a confirmed case of human infection with avian influenza A (H5N1) virus.
The case was a 4 year old female from Chork Reaksmey Village, Rohath Teuk Comune, Mongkul Borei District, Banteay Meanchey Province. She developed symptoms on 11 July, was initially treated by local private practitioners with no effect and was later admitted to Jayavarma VII Hospital on 18 July. She died on 20 July, two days after admission.
There have been reports of poultry die off in her village and the case is reported to have had exposure to dead poultry. The female is the seventeenth person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus and the fifteenth to die from complications of the disease. All seven cases of H5N1 infections in humans in Cambodia this year have been fatal.
The National and local Rapid Response Team (RRT) is conducting outbreak investigation and response following the national protocol.
There is no evidence of increased ILI activity in the local health centre or any increase in number of SARI cases from the affected village.
Thirteen contacts were tested for A/H5N1 influenza, all of whom were negative.
There is enhanced surveillance for ILI and SARI in the local health centre and hospital for a further two weeks.
Health education messages are ongoing in the community.
[See also:
Cambodia - Confirmed Human H5N1 Cases, (including links to source data)
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=145160
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, Cambodia (OIE, August 1 2011): 1: New H5N1 Poultry Outbreak, Banteay Meanchey
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171458
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu: WHO
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=171326
Cambodia, One A(H5N1) Avian Influenza Virus Human Isolate in Week 23/2011 (WHO/FluNet)
http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=169364
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